Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [art] [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Father Moore is only a brief visitor ; he has called in crisply to pay his respects , exchange a few words of banter with Patsy ( also a brother-in-law of somebody ) , and to inform Siobhan that next year he will be personally heading a pilgrimage to Knock so as to ward off any unfortunate flukes of the road . |
| 2 | This is generated in a mixing system , situated above the column , by constantly increasing the solvent to non-solvent ratio and as the mixture is initially a poor solvent which is gradually enriched by the good solvent the low molar mass fractions are eluted first . |
| 3 | The homoeopathic remedies with their powerful patterning effect , perhaps along the lines of cellular automata concepts , are visualized as spreading through the body and counteracting the imbalance , so restoring the tissues to harmony and balance . |
| 4 | From watching Isobel and her husband he had discovered that there was much more to sex than just taking a girl to bed or being uneasily married to a frigid , grasping woman . |
| 5 | Always having a calculator to hand ( is n't that what you bought a computer for ? ) and an instantly accessible notepad are probably the two essential elements . |
| 6 | ‘ At that time I 'm usually taking the children to school . ’ |
| 7 | The album has its moments , and some people — forever willing a return to greatness from Dylan — will no doubt say it 's a masterwork . |
| 8 | All in all , the technology could be said to be qualitatively transforming the threat to privacy which information systems , even manually sorted card indexes , have always posed . |
| 9 | Former US President Jimmy Carter and David Peterson , former Premier of the Province of Ontario , Canada , led an international team of 100 foreign observers and testified to the proper and impartial conduct of the election ( whereas previous general elections , repeatedly returning the PNC to power , had been considered seriously flawed ) . |
| 10 | The opening day of the Congress of People 's Deputies reflected anger in the country at the administration 's shock therapy economic programme , with one delegate speaking of ‘ economic genocide ’ and a host of others angrily calling the leadership to account . |
| 11 | Kibaki and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga , the veteran opposition leader , one-time Vice-President ( in 1964-66 ) and now leader of FORD-Kenya , were reported on Dec. 31 to have threatened to withdraw their parties from the electoral process , alleging widespread irregularities which they said in a statement were " fast pushing the nation to war " . |
| 12 | But there 's more to it than simply committing the documents to microfiche . |
| 13 | The desirability of immediately restricting the dumping to landfill of anything that has economic use . |
| 14 | During our evenings together we would talk about all we were going to do when he was better and were even planning a trip to North Devon to stay with our friends Steve and Iris Pugh . |
| 15 | Anyone who had had that knew a bit about the Treasury and knew a little bit about fighting back and working round them and all the rest of it and of giving orders direct to the Chancellor and saying , ‘ Look , this is what we must have ’ , and then getting the Cabinet to back it , so that it was harder for the Treasury to say ‘ No . ’ |
| 16 | Ethanol induced lysosomal fragility may permit release of lysosomal proteases and their subsequent contact with digestive enzymes , thereby predisposing the pancreas to autodigestion . |
| 17 | Along the north coast you 'll see the most striking cliff scenery , with crashing blue seas vividly bringing the picture to life . |
| 18 | Crossing his fingers mentally , he hoped that everyone would assume he was just someone else answering the call to action . |
| 19 | There are also worries that increased public spending not only pushes up government borrowing to fund a high PSBR , but also leads to higher taxes , thereby reducing the incentives to work , save and take risks . |
| 20 | In the early 1960s it became clear that compulsory continuing education was actually becoming a hindrance to recruitment . |
| 21 | That means very significantly raising the barriers to entry — brave publishing ( or even better , brave exploitation of the backlist ) across a very narrow range of titles , powerfully marketed ( and by that I mean television advertising ) to create real volume . |